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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Cedes Safety & Automation Ag, Landquart, CH;
Carl Meinherz, Malans, CH;
Richard Casty, Chur, CH;
Danilo Dorizzi, Chur, CH;
Martin Hardegger, Sargans, CH;
Manfred Norbert Stein, Domat/Ems, CH;
Clau Lombriser, Trun, CH;
Guido Baumgartner, Fürstentum Liechtenstein, CH;
Abstract
A lens carrier and an optical module for forming a light curtain associated with monitoring a protective field. The lens carrier includes at least one lens for focusing a radiation beam forming said light curtain and a lens mask having at least one opening for shaping the radiation beam to have a predetermined aperture. The lens carrier is formed by overmolding said lens mask with a transparent material. The optical module has such a lens carrier and a module body for mounting a radiation transmitter/receiver carrier that comprises at least one transmitter and/or receiver for transmitting and/or receiving said radiation.